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Since I read and watch TV far more than I watch movies, just want to say that my exposure to the Smiths is mostly through magazines and entertainment shows. I could, of course, stop reading popular mags and watching those shows, but . . .
I collect Horatio Alger books, which were written around the turn of the 20th century and which were VERY popular in America through the 1930s. The villains in most of the books are the children of rich parents. These children are smug about being rich, and they also benefit from nepotism. They are portrayed as stupid and weak. The heroes of the books are boys who are poor but brave and work hard and become rich through their own character and effort. There are tons of other popular books with similar villains and heroes.
So, if you look at successful popular fiction there is objective proof that Americans don't like smug rich kids who benefit from nepotism.
So maybe Will and Jada are unintentionally setting their kids up for failure because the kids are seen to represent this archetype, and so they are disliked.
And just want to note that if the Smith kids were to fail and then make it again on their own via hard work they will become very much beloved!
(You can read many Alger books for free on-line at www.horationalgersociety.net I think they're on the Guttenberg project site too. Warning - the books are pretty bad!)
The Internet is rife with images of Jaden trying to look like a bad-ass prepubescent. You're lucky I don't know how to post photos like citizencane did, but I can't stop him from posting more. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Easy for a kid who is ensured a life time of financial security. Wait till this brat "gets his own place" - every low life parasite will be hanging out sucking up the food and lodging and cash...What will this inexperienced youngster do when he is overwhelmed by the worst parts of the world.............call dad? "Dad the crack heads refuse to leave...what should I do?"
oh wow and dang--after reviewing all those photos I'm worried that if he continues with the wrinkled head,it's gonna stay that way. Maybe he needs an eye check-up. He was such a kid little kid and could be cute now but holy crap--that perplexed look he's always wearing is just odd.
oh wow and dang--after reviewing all those photos I'm worried that if he continues with the wrinkled head,it's gonna stay that way. Maybe he needs an eye check-up. He was such a kid little kid and could be cute now but holy crap--that perplexed look he's always wearing is just odd.
The kid has this look that says...I don't know what the hell's going on..He might be a Hollywood disaster waiting to happen...kind of like Cher's daughter...who wanted to be "FREE"...you would think these people would be pleased with their privilege and wealth. I suppose some people are ungrateful for their good fortune...and want more and more...You have to remember that sons usually have the brain of the mother...He certainly does not have his dad's personality.
I am just not sure how I feel about this.....apart from the fact I don't really give a flying flip.
At least the Smith kids have had the benefit of an intact family, something rare in showbiz land. I have heard that the parents are very permissive (Sure, little girl, you can shave one side of your head. Sure Jaden, you can go live in your own house), but that they do talk out conflicts with the children. Not a bad approach with teenagers really, and I have a feeling Jada was probably a very strict mother when the kids were small. I don't get the impression that lady takes much crap from anyone. Who really knows what goes on in any family, but they all seem good, solid, and polite, considering the upper ozone layer they occupy.
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